Public utilities: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 65000000·Services · division·12 classes with notices
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 31 lots from 25 competitions run by 24 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 16 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 15 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 125 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 15 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 20 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Tender for the Provision of Electricity & Gas Meter Operator Provider (MOP) Services and Data Collector/Aggregator (DCDA) Services | Dundee City Council | 20 Nov 2026 | 25d | £300,000 |
| The Education Training Collective Gas Supply Tender | The Education Training Collective | 27 Oct 2026 | 2d | £343,000 |
| CA277 2026 Qualifying Utilities Dynamic Market for Flexibility Services | Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited | not published | — | — |
Sub-sectors of public utilities
12 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 366 of 502 notices in this division carry a class-level code
| Class | Open now | Notices, 12m | Buyers | Bids / lot | SME wins |
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Water distribution and related services65100000 | 2 open → | 79 | 4 | 12% | |
Electricity distribution and related services65300000 | 2 open → | 44 | 3 | 30% | |
Meter reading service65500000 | 4 open → | 35 | 5 | — | |
Operation of water supplies65130000 | 1 open → | 16 | — | — | |
Water distribution65110000 | 2 open → | 14 | 2 | — | |
Electricity distribution65310000 | 3 open → | 11 | — | — | |
Gas distribution and related services65200000 | 3 open → | 14 | 10 | — | |
Operation of electrical installations65320000 | 1 open → | 8 | — | — | |
Other sources of energy supplies and distribution65400000 | 3 open → | 19 | — | — |
Show 3 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Operation of a water-purification plant65120000 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | |
Gas distribution65210000 | 0 | 4 | — | — | |
Operation of a power plant65410000 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities34%(164 notices)
164 of 486 notices are Local authorities (34%).Other public bodies24%(116 notices)
116 of 486 notices are Other public bodies (24%).Central government21%(100 notices)
100 of 486 notices are Central government (21%).Education & universities4%(20 notices)
20 of 486 notices are Education & universities (4%).Housing associations3%(16 notices)
16 of 486 notices are Housing associations (3%).Not classified14%(70 notices)
70 of 486 notices are Not classified (14%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED | Other public bodies | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Sellafield Limited | Other public bodies | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED | Central government | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc | not classified | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Water Services Limited | Other public bodies | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLC | not classified | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency | Central government | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| The Water Services Regulation Authority | Central government | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| AFFINITY WATER LIMITED | Other public bodies | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Clarion Housing Group | Housing associations | 6 | 2 | 0 |
277 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 326 of 502 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | — | 17% | 20% | |
| North West England | — | 21% | 18% | |
| Greater London | — | 21% | 39% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | 10% | 4% | |
| South West England | — | 20% | 9% | |
| West Midlands | — | 30% | 0% | |
| East Midlands | — | 13% | 12% | |
| East of England | — | 13% | 26% | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | 13% | 17% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract82%(414 notices)
414 of 502 notices are Contract (82%).Framework13%(63 notices)
63 of 502 notices are Framework (13%).Dynamic purchasing system5%(25 notices)
25 of 502 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (5%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open28%(139 notices)
139 of 502 notices are Open (28%).Route not published25%(127 notices)
127 of 502 notices are Route not published (25%).Selective24%(121 notices)
121 of 502 notices are Selective (24%).Limited / restricted13%(64 notices)
64 of 502 notices are Limited / restricted (13%).Direct award10%(51 notices)
51 of 502 notices are Direct award (10%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold85%(72 notices)
72 of 85 notices are Above threshold (85%).Below threshold15%(13 notices)
13 of 85 notices are Below threshold (15%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (188) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid19%(6)
6 of 31 lots fall in 1 bid (19%).2–329%(9)
9 of 31 lots fall in 2–3 (29%).4–623%(7)
7 of 31 lots fall in 4–6 (23%).7 or more29%(9)
9 of 31 lots fall in 7 or more (29%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 31 lots from 25 competitions run by 24 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 16 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 15 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
77 of 166 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 22 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
88 SME bids out of 130, on 26 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
21 of 96 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
8 of 188 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 22 lots from 16 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 336 awards to 193 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 24% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Water Plus Limited | 14 | 15 | 4 | 13 |
| Anglian Water Business (National) Limited (trading as Wave Utilities) | 12 | 14 | 5 | 11 |
| EDF Energy Customers Limited | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| Business Stream | 8 | 12 | 2 | 7 |
| Scottish Water Business Stream | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| Stark Software International Limited | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Castle Water Limited | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| hsl Compliance Ltd | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 140 of 502 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in public utilities
20 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| The Education Training Collective Gas Supply Tender | The Education Training Collective | 27 Oct 2026 | 2d | £343,000 |
| Tender for the Provision of Electricity & Gas Meter Operator Provider (MOP) Services and Data Collector/Aggregator (DCDA) Services | Dundee City Council | 20 Nov 2026 | 25d | £300,000 |
| YPO - 001056 Metering and Meter Data Services | YPO | 28 Oct 2028 | 734d | £10,000,000 ceiling |
| Water and Wastewater Retail Services Dynamic Purchasing System | Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 23 Feb 2029 | 852d | £200,000,000 ceiling |
| CA277 2026 Qualifying Utilities Dynamic Market for Flexibility Services | Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited | not published | — | — |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 65, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.